The Count of Monte Cristo - Chapter 27 – The Story

In a tense confession at the inn, Caderousse unburdens his soul to the mysterious Abbé. He reveals how envy and ambition destroyed Edmond Dantès—how Danglars and Fernand conspired to denounce him, how Edmond’s father wasted away in grief and hunger, and how Mercédès, believing her lover dead, became the wife of Count de Morcerf. The abbé listens with growing fury and compassion, uncovering every betrayal and every fortune built on Edmond’s ruin. In the end, he rewards Caderousse with a diamond worth fifty thousand francs—a final act of justice from a man who is far more than he appears.